The National Vaccine Advisory Committee (NVAC) revised the Standards for Adult Immunization Practice. The new Standards call on ALL healthcare professionals – whether they provide vaccinations or not – to take steps to help ensure that their adult patients are fully immunized. Pharmacists have an important role and opportunity to impact adult immunization rates. The Standards were revised because:

With the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of intradermal influenza vaccine, many questions have been asked of the American Pharmacists Association (APhA) about additional training for pharmacists. This is a relatively easy vaccine to administer and we have developed a worksheet from material provided by the manufacturer and other resources, as well as providing a video developed by the manufacturer, to explain this process.

FluMist® is administered intranasally; active inhalation (i.e., sniffing) by the patient is not required. Watch this video to learn how to store FluMist in your office, and how to administer it to your eligible patients 2 years to 49 years old. Download patient information.

Update from October ACIP Meeting

Keep up with recent changes in the area of immunizations by listening to this webinar for the latest information, brought directly to you from the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices October Meeting. (.wmv format)

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